Allen West Concedes Congressional Race in Florida

Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 7:53 AM

Sad news.
Tea Party patriot and American war hero Allen West conceded his Congressional race in Florida.
Allen West was never afraid to stand up for conservative principles.
The Politico reported:

Florida Rep. Allen West — the tea party pugilist and face of the class of House Republicans that stormed to power two years ago — conceded Tuesday to 29-year-old construction executive Patrick Murphy in one of the nation’s highest-profile congressional races.

After two weeks of battle with St. Lucie County elections officials — and a recount of early votes that wound up extending Murphy’s lead — West acknowledged that he couldn’t surmount his 1,904-vote, or 0.58 percent, deficit. That difference was just outside the 0.5 percent threshold to automatically trigger a recount of all votes.

So the brash conservative opted to bow out rather than wage a long and costly court battle he was unlikely to win.

“For two weeks since Election Day, we have been working to ensure every vote is counted accurately and fairly. We have made progress towards that goal, thanks to the dedication of our supporters and their unrelenting efforts to protect the integrity of the democratic process,” West said in a statement to POLITICO. “While many questions remain unanswered, today I am announcing that I will take no further action to contest the outcome of this election.”

West congratulated Murphy, saying, “I pray he will serve his constituents with honor and integrity, and put the interests of our nation before his own.”

NeoKong commented:

He got f-ing screwed.
The whole country got screwed in that election.
I have never seen results that were in such stark contradiction to all the predictions and indicators.
The whole thing stinks to high heaven and I don’t give a damn who knows it.

dw dude commented:

Bob commented:

Imagine the headlines of MSNBC if West was a democrat. It would say something like: “Racist Florida Voters Steal Reelection Efforts of Black Congressman”
However, since Col West is an honorable and patriotic conservative and republican…..you hear nothing from any of the lame stream media.

DecentAmerican commented:

Sad day in America when an honorable man like West loses to a convicted felon like Murphy. Exactly how stupid are the people in his Florida district?

Just reading some of the vulgar comments about West on Poloictivo from the racist Dem nutcases. Absolutely vile racist comments, telling this honorable hero, who fought to defend these nutcases in Iraq, to get out if America? There would be now way they would say that if he were white.

Vile disgusting racist liberals. They just can’t stand to see an intelligent, dignified, honorable black American like West in power.

Frank commented:

Maybe next time he’s in office he’ll conduct himself like a statesmen rather than a radio talk show host. Then again, bombastic rhetoric is what the commentators on this blog probably desire, so I’m sure my comment won’t be appreciated here.

So, allow me to reply now to the upcoming barrage of nastiness and name-calling…

tj commented:

Sam Stone commented:

What has America become when they throw out a man like West but re-elect a man like Jessie Jackson Jr who has been confined to a mental ward at Mayo Clinic for the past 3 months with bipolar disorder which few can cope with.
Here in Maryland a local Delegate was throw out after her conviction for financial issues and the Democrat group tasked to find a replacement chose a certain Mr Hall.
“Mr. Hall, 42, has admitted that he sold drugs in the early 1990s and in 1992 he participated in a shootout that killed a 13-year-old boy who was caught in the crossfire.

Mr. Hall and the other gunman, Darius Wiggs, were each initially charged with first-degree murder. The charge against Mr. Hall was dropped after investigators determined that Wiggs fired the first shot and fired the bullet that killed the child.

Mr. Hall spent 40 days in jail before the charge was dropped, and he was eventually convicted of misdemeanor handgun possession for his part in the incident.

Sam Stone commented:

Dan in Not Chicago, Illinois commented:

I don’t think it is possible to pretend that our electoral process has any degree of legitimacy anymore. Granted, being from Illinois, I know [i]our[/i] elections are rigged, but it appears Chicago style elections have been exported to more areas of the country.

I’m going to go out on a limb here, and guess that the “29 year old construction executive and felon” got that job because of family connections. And by “family” I mean that in all possible connotations.

Linda commented:

Well we know this election was stolen…they had no shame seeing our Troops’ votes were not counted…but when the enemy knocks on their door they are quick to call on our Troops!

Shameless democrats…shameless republicans…

Shameless and dumb…YOU DO IT ALL TO YOUR OWN HURT…AND YOUR FAMILIES!

But there is a God in Heaven…

God Bless You My Hero Rep. Allen West…cannot wait to see where God wants to use you now! I don’t think no one ever stood up to these thugs like you did! WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU…YOU ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A MAN OF TRUE VALOR…INTEGRITY…HONOR..A GREAT WARRIOR OVERSEAS AND AT HOME!

vangrungy commented:

Curt commented:

Several posters have referred to the new Congressman Patrick Murphy as a convicted felon. He has never been convicted of anything. When he was 19, he was charged with 2 misdemeanors. One charge (public intoxication) was dropped and the other charge (fake id) was dismissed.

texasps commented:

West congratulated Murphy, saying, “I pray he will serve his constituents with honor and integrity, and put the interests of our nation before his own.”

Look at the comments by his (Murphy) constituents on the politico. Vile hatred and lack of love for America spews there. Pray for America!

God bless Allen West and his family!! He fought the good fight. Here is his official statement: http://nblo.gs/EXLO4

FWIW Just a note. Because the voter ID law was blocked, True the Vote and Tea Party people volunteered to be court appointed poll watchers election day. Many reports came in of voter fraud and uncounted ballots (especially Military ballots) and votes by non USA citizens, that were ignored. bit.ly/SGjrsb Unless we have a voter ID law and voting methods improved by 2014, I fear that future elections will produce similar results. Even the UN thought it was odd we didn’t have to show an ID to vote: is.gd/UXn6Rk